boxer engine

noun

An engine with two horizontally opposed cylinder banks, commonly used in Porsche and Subaru automobiles.

Meanings

nounboxer engine (plural boxer engines)

plural boxer engines

  1. automotiveAn engine with two horizontally opposed cylinder banks, commonly used in Porsche and Subaru automobiles.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see

Translations

Dutch boxermotor
  • boxermotorhorizontally opposed engine
Finnish vastaiskumoottori, bokserimoottori
  • vastaiskumoottorihorizontally opposed engine
  • bokserimoottorihorizontally opposed engine
  • bokserihorizontally opposed engine
German Boxermotor
  • Boxermotorhorizontally opposed engine
Italian boxer
  • boxerhorizontally opposed engine
Norwegian Bokmål boksermotor, boxermotor
  • boksermotorhorizontally opposed engine
  • boxermotorhorizontally opposed engine
Polish bokser
  • bokserhorizontally opposed engine
Swedish boxermotor
  • boxermotorhorizontally opposed engine
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APA

boxer engine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxer%20engine

MLA

“boxer engine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxer%20engine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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